What happened
The incident occurred at Shell-Mera Airport, where the aircraft made an unpowered or emergency landing on its underside. The specific registration of the involved aircraft is not provided in the available records. During this event, the undercarriage was either retracted or failed to deploy, leading to a belly landing configuration upon touchdown.
Despite the severity of the impact and the unusual landing mode, there were no casualties reported among the occupants. The pilot and any passengers on board survived the incident without sustaining injuries. However, the structural damage sustained by the airframe during the contact with the runway surface was extensive enough to render the aircraft beyond economical repair.
Findings
The investigation into the event concluded that the precise cause of the undercarriage issue or the decision to land in this manner remained unknown. No specific mechanical failure, pilot error, or external factor was definitively identified in the available documentation. Consequently, the aircraft was declared a total loss and written off following the assessment of the damage.